Sometimes I like to spend hours puttering around in my kitchen. But sometimes I don’t feel like creating a dish with tons of ingredients and enough preparation steps to resemble the assembly of a piece of IKEA furniture! Sometimes I want SIMPLE. And that brings me to the amazing recipes to be found in the Four […]
Angel Cream Pie…Another Amish Memory
I grew up in the 1950’s on a farm surrounded by Amish neighbors. And one thing I remember was the way my “English” Mom and those Amish women learned about each other. It was by sharing recipes like this Amish Angel Cream Pie. The recipe was given to our family after I tasted it at […]
Rhubarb Cream Pie…Memories And Meringue
This recipe for Rhubarb Cream Pie, handwritten in pencil, brought back a flood of precious memories from more than forty years ago. When our two boys were very young, I was one of the luckiest working moms in America. I was able to walk several blocks to work as the receptionist in a doctor’s office […]
Asparagus Bacon Mushroom Quiche
Quiche was NOT on my radar recently as we packed for yet another road trip. But you know me. Waste not, want not! I found myself staring into the refrigerator at some leftovers that wouldn’t survive until we came home again. I just knew those leftovers would taste great if I mixed them all together…and […]
Tart Cherry Pie
You know me. I don’t really like to bake, since it requires precise measurements and following recipes to insure successful results. And even with a recipe, baking a cherry pie can be a challenge since the amount of juice in the cherries can alter the results dramatically. So here is the “recipe” I used […]
Ricotta Cheese Custard Pie
Sometimes bigger is NOT always better…especially when it comes to food purchases. And that THREE POUND carton of Ricotta Cheese I purchased was staring back at me…every time I opened the refrigerator door. I had used about half of it when I made two batches of meatballs. (The cheese makes the meatballs really tender.) […]
Blueberry Custard Pie
Our doorbell rang shortly after our return to Iowa City…and standing on our doorstep was our neighbor, Jake, with his girlfriend Erin. Erin was holding a foil-covered parcel resting on a hot pad…and the aroma wafting from that bundle was fantastic. Sweet Erin had baked us a pie to welcome us home to […]
Amish Buttermilk Pie
You’ve all heard the old saying…When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Well…When one of my favorite stores (“The Outlet” in Coralville) gives you a great deal on a half gallon of buttermilk… MAKE BUTTERMILK PIE! While I was looking online for uses for buttermilk, and I stumbled across this recipe, and it brought back […]
Key Lime Pie – So Simple Even A Five Year Old Can Make It…And YOU Can Too!
First of all…who doesn’t love PIE. And our grandkids know their way around the kitchen…especially if dessert is the result! When 5 year old Claire came home from preschool, she whipped up a key lime pie…almost by herself. (I separated the eggs and put the pie in and out of the oven…but she did […]
Cinnamon Sugar Pie Treats
When I’m looking for a decadent snack to serve to our little grand kids, I sometimes make a sweet treat I remember fondly from my childhood. When my Grandma Grady was in her 90’s, she spent the summer months with us on our farm. And while my mother went to her job at the post […]